OF INTEREST' TO
A GIRL AND
A New and Vital Romance of City Life
by Virginia Terhune Van *ie Water
CHAPTER LIX
(Copyright, 1916, Star Company.)
A sense of horror, a fear of some
thing awful and intangible, gripped
Agnes Morley when she found herself
aione.
Mtumbling forward, she ran out Into
tffle hall, forgetful of appearances, re
gardless of the fact that others might
hear her voice and wonder at her agi
tation.
"Phil! Phil!" she called.
But the echo of the downward rush
of feet on the stairs, then the slam
ming of the heavy lower door were
the only answers to her voice.
And now over the girl like an icy
wave swept the memory of her lover's
last words:
"I'm going to see Bainbridge. He
won't trouble you again."
She dragged her heavy feet back
into the living room. Jennie came in
right behind her.
"Please, Miss Agnes," she began, but
at the sound Agnes started violently.
"Oh!" she exclaimed. The ejacu
lation was almost like a scream, and
the maid shrank back, appalled.
"Excuse me, please, ma'am," she
stammered. "I thought you heard me
coming. I did not mean to scare you
like that."
"Yes —you did me." Agnes
fried to speak steadily, going toward
:he window as if to look out that the
jlrl might not see her reddened eyes.
'But I should not have exclaimed as
t did. I must have been a little nerv
-5U8."
"Indeed, ma'am, you've had enough
:o make you nervous." the kind
hearted Irish girl agreed. "I came in
jecause I thought I heard you call out
lomething. My kitchen door was shut.
iut I heard your voice, and it sounded
tind of frightened. I thought, so I
:ame right in. Is anything the mat- j
er?"
"Why. no—nothing—that is, I tried
0 call Mr. Hale—there was something
1 wanted to speak to him about, but
is was gone before I—before I—could
nake him hear me. I did not know
: was calling so loudly."
Jennie is Mistaken
The girl lingered awkwardly. She I
lad jumped to the conclusion that her
tmployer's agitation was due to some
>ad news with regard to Miss Lucy
klorley. At last, when Agnes still re
nalned with her back to the room,
r ennie summoned courage to ask a
[uestion.
"Please, ma'am" —with a preliml
tary clearing of the throat —"did you
—l—mean—is Miss Lucy any worse?"
A sudden inspiration came to Agnes'
ellef. Since Miss Lucy was so very
11, why not let tho maid think that this
act had caused the red eyes and swol
sn fact; of the niece? It might be a
lit like prevarication—and yet back of I
11 hv troubles lay Miss Lucy's illness. '
Jut for that all these dreadful things]
rould not have happened.
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"Miss Lucy la very 111, Jennie," she
said, somewhat unsteadily, but, turn-
Ins toward the girl, "I saw Dr. Martin
this morning. He says she must have
a more serious operation than he an
ticipated."
"Oh, ma'am—and when will it be?"
the girl asked, anxiously.
"As soon as possible. Perhaps to
day—more probably to-night or to
morrow. As you know, I was expect
ing an operation, but not such a dan
gerous one as this,"
"No wonder you're upset about It,
Miss Agnes." Tears came to the maid's
eyes as she looked pityingly at the
agitated girl before her. "Are you
sure, ma'am, that you wouldn't rather
have me stay the night through? You
see. ma'am, It's going on into the
afternoon now, and I can stay just
as well."
"No." Agnes said decidedly. "I will
be all right alone." Then, seeing the
girl's face fall, she added, "but yes,
stay if you like. It will be good to
know you are nar—only, Jennie,
please don't disturb me, for I want to
be alone to think over some things."
All the afternoon she waited, some
times pacing the room restlessly, at
other times going from the window,
occasionally trying to read. Only once
did Jennie intrude upon her privacy,
and this was at dusk, when she en
tered with a tray of food.
"Try to eat a bit," she urged, then
withdrew softly.
Agnes ate a little; then, as the dusk
changed to night, she sat in the dark
parlor, still waiting for the ring of the
doorbell, for the return of the man
who loved her. for something, she
knew not what, that was coming.
But nothing came, and when the
mantel clock struck 10 she gave up
her vigil and went to bed. For a
while the darkness about her seemed
Inscribed In letters of fire with the
words Phil had spoken as he left her
—"l'm going to see Bainbridge. He
won't trouble you again." At last,
worn out by her emotions, she slept—
an unhappy slumber filled with uneasy
dreams.
And while she dreamed, men of an
uptown detective bureau gathered in
the corridor of a flashily handsome
apartment house where an ashen
faced negro elevator boy took them
upstairs to a door that had been
broken In.
Later, when the first editions of the
morning papers appeared on the
street, people returning home at dawn
yielded to the lure of the staring head
lines and read of a new murder that
had startled the city.
For Hasbrook Bainbridge was dead.
They had laid him on the big brass
bed in his bachelor apartment. They
had washed the gross face clean of
blood, and a sleek undertaker had
pressed the thick lips together over
the gap left by the bullet which had j
knocked out two of his front teeth.
ITo be continued.]
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Her pleading eyes gazed into his. It
was a touching scene. To be besought
thus tenderly by a famous .beauty in
the secluded parlor of a southern hotel!
The touch of her hands his shoul
ders thrilled him. The odor of Jockey
Club-
It was at this instant that Mr. Minot,
looking past the Gaiety lady's beautiful
golden coiffure, beheld Miss Cynthia
Meyrick standing in the doorway of
that parlor, a smile on her face. She
disappeared on the instant, but Gabri
elle Rose's "big scene" was ruined be
yond repair.
"My dear lady"—gently Minot slipped
from beneath her lovely hands—"l as
sure you I do like you—more than a
little. But unfortunately my loyalty to
Harrowby—no, I won't say that—cir
cumstances are such that I cannot be
your friend In this Instance. Though 11
I could serve you in any other way"—
Gabrielle Rose snapped her fingers.
"Very well." Her voice had a metal
lic ring now. "We shall see what we
shall see."
"Undoubtedly. I bid you good day."
As Minot, somewhat dazed, walked
along the veranda of the Pe la Pax he
met Miss Meyrick. There was a mis
chievous gleam in her eye.
"Really, it was so tactless of me, Mr.
Minot," she said. "A thousand apol
ogies."
He pretended not to understand.
"My untimely descent on the parlor."
She beamed on him. "I presume 11
happened because romance draws me—
like a magnet. Even other people's."
Minot smiled wanly, and for one*
•ought to end their talk.
"Oh, do sit down Just a moment," she
pleaded. "I want to thank you for
the great service you did Harrowby
and me—last night."
"Wha-what service?" asked Minot,
sinking into a chair.
She leaned close and spoke in a
whisper.
"Your part in the kidnaping. Har
rowby has told me. It was 6weet of
you, so unselfish."
"Fierce!" thought Minot. And then
he thought two more.
"To put yourself out that our wed
ding may be a success!" Was this
sarcasm, Minot wondered. "I'm so
glad to know about it, Mr. Minot. It
shows me at last—Just what you tbiak
Is"—she looked away—"best for me."
"Best for you? What do you mean?"
"Can't you understand? From some
things you've said I have thought—
perhaps—you didn't Just approve of
my—marriage. And now I see I mis
construed you—utterly. You want me
to marry Harrowby. You're working
for it. I shouldn't b<y urprised if you
were on that train last Monday Just
to make sure—l'd—get here—safely."
"Really, it was inhuman. Did she
realize how inhuman it was? One
glance at Minot might have told her.
But she was still looking away.
"So I want to thank you, Mr. Minot,"
she went on. "I 6hall always remem
ber your—kindness. I couldn't under
stand at first, but now—l wonder? Yon
know, it's an old theory that as soon as
one has one's own affair of the hearl
arranged one begins to plan for oth
ers?"
Minot made a little whistling sound
through his clenched teeth. The girl
stood up.
"Your thoughtfulness has made me
very happy," she laughed. "It shows
that perhaps you care for me-Just a
little—too."
She was gone! Minot sat swearing
softly to himself, banging the arm ol
his chair with his fist. He raged al
ThaCker, Jephson, the solar system.
Gradually his auger cooled. Under
neath the raillery in Cynthia Meyrlck's
tone he had thought he detected some
thing of a serious note, as though she
were a little wistful, a little hurt.
Did she care? Bitter-sweet thought!
In the midst of all this farce and melo
drama had she come to care Just a
little?
Just a little! Bah!
Mlnot rose and went out on the ave
nue.
Prince Nevln Bey Imno was accus
tomed to give lectures twice daily on
the textures of his precious rugs at his
shop in the Alameda courtyard. His
afternoon lecture was just finished as
Mr. Minbt stepped into the shop. A
dozen awed housewives from the mid
dle west were hurrying away to write
home on the hotel stationery that they
had met a prince. When the last one
had gone out Minot stepped forward.
"Prince, I've dropped in to warn you.
A very angry woman will be here
shortly to see you."
The handsome young Persian shrug
ged his shoulders and to£k off the
Jacket of the native uniform with
which he embellished his talks.
"Why is she angry? All my rugs—
they are what I say they are. In this
town arc many liars selling oriental
rugs. Oriental! Ugh! In New Jersey
they were made. But not my rugs.
See! Only in my native country, where
I was a prince of the"—
"Yes, yes. But this lady is not com
ing about rugs. I refer to your' ex
wife."
"Ah! You are mistaken. I have
never married."
"Oh, yes, you have. I know all about
It. There's no need to lie. The whole
story Is out and the lady's game in
San Marco lb queered. She thinks you
told. That's why she'll be here for a
chat."
"But I did not tell. Only this morn
ing did I see her first. I could not tell
—so soon. Who could I tell—so soon?"
"I know you didn't tell. But can
you prove It to nn agitated lady? No.
You'd better close up for the evening."
"Ah, yes—you are right. I am In
nocent—but what does Gahrlelle care
for Innocence? We are no longer mar
ried—still I should not want to meet
her now. I will close. But first—my
friend—my benefactor—could I interest
you In this rug? See! Only in my na
tive country, where"—
"Prince," said Minot, "I couldn't use
a rug if you gnve me one."
"That is exactly what I would do.
You are my friend. You serve me. I
give you this. Fifty dollars. That is
giving it to you. Note the weave. Only
in my"—
"Good night." interrupted Minot.
"And take my advice. Hurry!"
Gloomy, discouraged, he turned back
toward his own hotel. It was true.
Gabrielle Rose's husband at the time of
the letters was in San Marco. The
emissary of Jephson was serving a
cause that could not lose. That after
noon be had hoped. Was there any
thing dishonorable In that? Jephson
and Thacker could command his serv
ice. they could not command his heart
He had hoped—and now—
At a corner a negro gave him a hand
bill. He read:
WHO HAS KIDNAPED
THE HEAL
LORD HARROWBY ?
AT THE OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT!
Mr. Henry Trimmer Will Appear In Place
of His Unfortunate Friend. Lord Har
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WARM AND SIZZLING
REMARKS.
NO ADVANCE IN PRICES.
Mr. Minot tossed the bill into the
street. Into his eyes came the ghost
like semblance of a smile. After all,
the famous Ilarrowby wedding had not
yet taken place.
The next day the Gaiety girl left
town. Her cheerful mood was ex
plained when Lord Harcourt in great
distress, told Minot that she had sold
her love letters to the owner of the
Mall who threatened to publish them
If he wasn't paid SIO,OOO. Minot hunt
ed up Jack Paddocfc and told him the
whole story of his mission in San
Marco. Together they went to the
Mail office.
CHAPTER XI.
Hard Lines For Gonzale.
f JL I VNEILL eat behind a desk, the
111 1 encyclopedia before him, seek
-11 11 lng lively material for the mor-
I row's issue. Mr. Howe ham
mered at a typewriter. Both of the
newspaper men looked up at the Intru
sion.
"Ah, gentlemen," said O'Neill, com
ing forward. "What can I do for you?"
"Who are you?" Minot asked.
"What? Can It be? Is my name not
a household word in San Marco? I am
managing editor of the Mail." His
eyes lighted on Mr. Paddock's giddy
attire. "We can't possibly let you give
a ball here tonight, if that's what you
want."
"Very humorous," said Mlnot. "But
our •wants are far different. I won't
beat around the bush. You have some
letters here written by a friend of mine
to a lady he adored—at the moment
You are going to print them in tomor
row's Mail unless my friend is easy
enough to pay you SIO,OOO. He isn't
going to pay you anything. We've
come for those letters, and we'll get
them or run you and your boss out of
town in twenty-four hours, you raw
little blackmailers!"
"Blackmailers!" Mr. O'Neill's eyes
seemed to catch fire from his hair. His
face paled. "I've been in the newspa
per business seventeen years, and no
body ever called m a blackmailer and
got away with it. I'm in a generous
mood. I'll give you one chance to take
that back"—
"Nonsense. It happens to be true"—
put in Taddock.
"I'm talk'ng to your friend here."
O'Neill's breath came fast. "I'll attend
to you, you lily of the field, in a min
ute. You—you liar —are you going to
take that back?"
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